OnyX Boox Darwin Vasco Da Gama Series User Guide

: June 6, 2024
: ONYX

OnyX Boox Darwin Vasco Da Gama Series User Guide

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Components

Optional Accessories

Precautions

Disclaration:

This guide can not contain enough information with limited pages, please refer to the User Manual of each model for detail instruction. Product pictures in this guide are for reference only. Product ID including but not limited to colors and functions are subject to the actual product.

Onyx International Inc. reserves the right to modify the content of the Quick Start Guide and User Manual without further notice.

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PREV Button
NEXT Button
BACK Button:
Return from current application;
Return from current view or dialog;
Turn back to the previous directory.

For C67ML (model with front light), press and hold Back button for 2 seconds to turn on/off the light. 4. LOGO 5. Model Number 6. RESET Button:
Reset the device by using a small pin to push the reset button on the top of the device and press the power button.
1. POWER Button:
  When your Boox is off, press the power button and hold for 3 seconds to turn the device on/off;
  When your Boox is on, press the power button and release quickly for letting the device go standby or waking the device up.
2. 3.5mm Earphone Jack:
  Listen to music or audio books by plugging in the headphone.
3. MicroSD Card Slot:
  Insert a TF card to read its content from the device (up to 32GB).
4. Micro USB Connector:
  Connect your Boox with your PC via USB cable
5. Manage the contents inside your BOOX;
6. or charge your Boox directly.

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Reading Touch Guide

The screen can be divided into three column
1. Tap left column, turn to previous page;
2. Tap mid column, pop up/exit the reading menu;
3. Tap right column, turn to next page;
Single tap on the screen
Manage your Boox by just a single tap;
Horizontal side on the screen
1. Slide to the right, turn to previous page;
2. Slide to the left, turn to next page;
Vertical slide on the screen
1. Slide upwards, turn to previous page;
2. Slide downwards, turn to next page.

FAQS

How to turn on/off the device
1.1 When your BOX is off, press power button for 2-3 seconds to turn the device on;
1.2 When vour BOX is on, press power button for 2-3 seconds to turn the device off:
How to charge
2.1 Recharge your BOX by connecting it with PC directly;
2.2 Recharge your BOX by connecting it with adapter (5V-1 A, optional accessory);
2.3 Organge light is on when your BOX is charging; the light will be off after battery is fully charged;
2.4 Full single charge will take around 3 hours;
How to transfer data
3.1 Transfer data by connecting your BOX with PC via USB;
3.2 Transfer data by installation of third party APP via WIFl;
3.3 Download data or read online by browsing via WIFl;
3.4 Download data or read online by Log-in of reading APP via WIFI;
How to update
4.1 Download the update package and put it into MicroS card to update locally;
4.2 Update your firmware via OTA online ;
NOTE: Please connect the device with power source or PC to make sure of enough power for update;
How to preserve your BOOX
5.1 Use hard cover to avoid direct shocking or pressing against the screen;
5.2 Put the screen side downwards when your BOX is not in use; do not put anything in-between of the screen and other flat surface;
5.3 Dont pile up or store heavy stuff over the device;
5.4 Keep your BOX away from all types of liquids.

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Main Page

The main page allows the user to get quick access to e-books, files, installed applications and settings. The description of virtual buttons and indicators is given below.

Main Page

Time
Screen mode switcher
Lighting indicator
Network connection indicator
Charge indicator
Battery charge
Book number indicator
Appearance
Information type

The Library

The library displays e-book-format files in sorted view. Grouping and search by authors, genre, series are possible only for formats containing this information (fb2, epub, mobi, pdf). For other files, the file name is shown as the title and the document type is shown as the series and author (txt, doc etc.).

Thanks to this feature you don’t have to spend time sorting books into folders and renaming files.

The “Now reading” section

This section appears when a book is opened for the first time. It contains the cover of the last book that was opened. Additional information can be found on the right:

The number of a page being read and the total number of pages in the book;
Reading progress scale;
Date and time of the last opening;
Book title (if there are no titles in metadata, the file name is displayed);
Name of the author or authors (if this information is contained in metadata.

At the top right there is an indicator of the book currently being read as well as the three previous books.

To access a previously read book, swipe from the right to the left on the “Now reading” field. The indicator will show which of the four recently read books is displayed at the moment.

Work with Books and Files

Getting started with the library

The first time you open the library, you must scan the internal memory. This will help the system extract metadata, add books to the catalogue and sort them. To launch this procedure, press the SCAN LIBRARY button.

Each time you record or delete books from the memory of the device it is necessary to launch the scan manually to refresh the library.

Sorting and filtering

In the library, books are grouped by authors, series and titles (for each group the number of items in it is displayed). Within these groups the items are sorted alphabetically (in the series books are sorted by their numbers in the series), for authors and series the number of books is indicated. The items beginning with digits or without a name are located at the end of the list.

On the main page of the library it is possible to set the filter by language, genre, text, date of the book’s publication and date of file creation.

After setting the filter in the groups “Authors”, “Series”, “Titles” books will be displayed by their corresponding filter parameters.
The “Text” filter allows the user to sort books by a part of the title, the name of the author or by a part of the series name. For this filtering it is necessary to enter at least two letters. If the entered text is contained in the name of the element (title of a book or of series, name of the author),
this element and all the elements related to it will be selected. For example, if the searched text is contained in the name of the series, this same series will be shown in the “Series” group after filtering, in the “Authors” group authors from this series, in the “Titles” group – all the books from this series, even though the names of the authors and the book titles do not contain the entered text.
The “Clear all” option clears all the filter parameters. If you want to clear only one of the filters, go to the corresponding filter and choose “Clear” or erase the text in the “Text” filter.

Working with lists and books

A short tap on a list opens it and shows its content. To return to a level up on the list, touch the arrow in the upper part of the list or press the BACK button.

A short tap on a book opens the page with the description of the book. Here you can read the details of the book: title, author, genre and annotations. But these details appear only if they are contained in the file metadata. Unfortunately, not all the e-book files contain them or contain them entirely. In this case the corresponding fields will be empty.

A long tap on a book calls the following menu:

Read – choose a reading app;
Properties- the book information;
Delete – deleting the book from the device. If the book is in the archive, all of the archive with all the files in it will be deleted.

To go to the main page of the library press the BACK button several times or press the “Arrow to the left” icon in the top tray.

The library view setup

You can change the view of the library by touching the “eye” icon and choosing one of two variants

One column
Two columns

Choosing the type of displayed information

Touching the “Information types” icon (three dots) calls the following menu:

Open File – The file manager (storage) displaying folders.
Favorites – A user’s list of favorite books.
Recent Files – The list of recently opened books.
Sort – Ordering books. This option is only available in the file manager.

The file manager

To launch the file manager of the library, press the “Information type” icon (three dots) and choose “Open file”. In the file manager only those files are displayed which can be opened with one of the reading programs.

NOTE: A folder containing thousands of files may not display the entire list of files but only its beginning.
In the upper line the current path is shown. The “Arrow icon on the right as well as the BACK button serves to go a level up in the catalogue.

Attention! The Library, the file manager, Favorites and Recent files are single-level types of displaying information. Multiple presses of the BACK button in the file manager will lead to the root directory of the file system.
To go to the library, use the “Information types” icon (three dots) and then choose the “Library” option.
Files and folders can be sorted (Menu – ort) by name, by date and by size.

A short tap on a file opens it.
A long tap on a file calls up the following menu:

Read – choose a reading app;
Properties – the book information;
Delete – deleting the book file from the device. If the book is in the archive, the entire archive with all the files in it will be deleted.

Recent Files

To go to the list of recently opened books, touch the “Information types” icon (three dots) on the main page of the library and choose “Recent files”.
The size of this list is limited to 256 books.
The view and the actions here are similar to those in the file manager except displaying folders.
To go to the library, to the file manager or to “Favorites” use the “Information types” icon (three dots).

Favorites

To go to the list of favorite books, touch the “Information types” icon (three dots) on the home page and choose “Favorites”.
The view and the actions here are similar to those in the file manager except displaying folders.
To add a book to the Favorites, you need to open the “Properties” windows then press the “Star” icon in the top right. The star will become dark.
To delete the book from the favorite list press briefly the book icon – the “Properties” window will open. Press the “Star” icon in the top right. The star will become light. You can also completely clear the list of favorites by pressing the “Information types” icon (three dots) and choosing “Remove all’. The files themselves in this case are not deleted and remain in storage.
Files” list use the “Information types” icon (three dots).

Attention! When retrieving the context menu by pressing the book pictogram for several seconds, the option “Delete” will become available. Choosing this action will delete the book not only from the “Favorites” list but from storage as well.
To go to the Library, to the file manager or to the “Recent Files” list use the “Information types” icon (three dots).

General Principles of the work with Reading Programs

The reading programs pre-installed in the e-reader serve for reading the following files TXT, HTML, RTF, FB2, FB2.zip, DOC, MOBI, CHM, EPUB, PDF, DIVU and others.

To turn pages simply touch the sensor screen.

The reading program allows you to add bookmarks. In the AIReaderX app bring up the menu and then choose the option “Add Bookmark”. In the NeoReader program it is enough to go to a desired page and briefly press the icon in the upper right corner of the screen. It will change. Clicking the icon again will delete the bookmark and the icon will return to its original state. The menu in both programs will allow you to see previously added bookmarks and to go to a corresponding page.
You can open settings with a short touch to the center of the screen.